merrill newman said he was well fed, kept comfortable and in a hotel room. he also said the video apology that was released through north korean state media was not his english. newman was detained and accused of applying hostile acts against north korea. >>> we'll >>> 4:55. still light freezing rain in areas. watch out for that. it's going to get a lot better by mid-morning as we get above freezing. that's d.c. at 35. still pockets at 3 32. we'll all be above freezing. 39 for lunch. fewer showers, even a peek of sun this afternoon. our highs in the low 40s. that will be better. a few more hours of this icy junk that we've got to deal with. montgomery and loudoun and many areas you'll see school closings scrolling at the bottom of the screen through most of the newscast and also wusa9.com for the complete list. there's the moisture continuing to stream toward us. light pockets of freezing rain. still all these areas in pink. south and east they've canceled winter weather advisories for calvert and st. mary's. mostly rain there. notice how it's breaking up so